Hundreds kept waiting at port

Hundreds kept waiting at port

JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of people were kept waiting for over
five hours on Monday after the Kambuna and Sirimau were late to
arrive at Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta.

Many passengers arriving in time for the scheduled departure
were forced to wait outside due to the limited capacity of the
port's passenger terminal.

The boats were initially scheduled to depart at 3 p.m. Port
officials failed to announce the delay or the revised departure
time, Antara reported.

"I'm confused...my ticket states that the ship should have
departed at 3 p.m., but now it's 5 p.m. and the ships have not
yet arrived," one waiting passenger said.

The two inter-island ferries arrived in the port at 5:40 p.m.
and finally left at 8 p.m. (hhr)